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G. 'P. VICKEN.

GANDLB MOLD GAGE.

No. 282,133. Patnted July 31, 1883.

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a candle-molding machine, and B is part of tion when lowered, in order that the various cisely the same length. This result is accom- GEORGE r. vroxnn, or onveinnnri,

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OF SAME PLACE.

CANDLE-MOLD GAGE.

SPECIFIGATIONfQrming part of Letters Patent No. 282,l3, dated July 31,1883.

Application filed June 22, 1883. (No model.)

1' 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. VIcxEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candle-Mold Gages, of which the following is a specification, refer ence being had therein to the accompanying drawings. 7

The object of my invention is to enable the follower of a candle-molding machine to be arrested in a perfectly level or horizontal posipistons attached to said follower may descend uniformly, and thereby produce candles of preplished by supporting the follower on a pair 7 of nuts that engage with screws of the same diameter and pitch, said screws being near the opposite ends of the machine, and having attaehed to them bevel-pinions that mesh into similar gears keyed to a horizontal shaft journaled longitudinally of the main frame and near This horizontal shaft is adapted to be operated either with a crank or hand-wheel, the proper turning of which crank will raise or lower these nuts, and thereby arrest the descending follower in a level position, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a candle-molding ma chine embodying my improvements. I Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of the follower and its supporting devices, the central portion of said follower being broken away and the pistons omitted. i

A represents portions of the end frames of the steam-box of the same, the molds being fitted in said box in the usual manner. 0 rep resents the follower, having attached to it a series of tubular pistons, D, through which the wicks pass, each of said pistons being provided with an ordinary head that traverses the respective mold, as in all machines of this class. Furthermore, the follower O is raised and lowered with the customary construction site ends of the follower.

of racks and pinions, which devices, being familiar to manufacturers of candle-molding machines, require no further description in this specification. Portions of "said racks, however, are seen at c c in Fig. 2. The opposite ends of follower C are traversed by the screws E E, of uniform diameter and .pitch,said screws being journaled in bearings F F, that are either cast with or bolted to the frames A A, the extreme lower ends of these screws being provided with bevel-pinions e e, that engage with similar gears, f f of the horizontal shaft F. This shaft is journaled longitudinally of the machine, and has at either or both ends a non-circular arbor, G, to receive a crank or hand wheel, wherewith said shaft may be readily turned, so as to either raise or lower the supporting-nuts H H. These nuts arethe only members the screws E E engage with, as the latter pass freely through holes in the follower C, as seenin Fig. 2. Furthermore, these nuts H H are connected with a bar or stretcher, I,

that retains them in their proper positions.

From this description it is apparent that by turning the shaft 1 both .of .the nuts will be I caused to move in unison, either up or down, aecordingto the length of candle desired. Gonsequently said follower will always be arrested in a perfectly level position, and, as a matter of course, the upper ends of the attached pistons D will be parallel with the follower 0; hence it is apparent that the candles formed in the molds will be exactly of the samelength, which advantage cannot be obtained in those machines that employ a pair of independentlyoperated nuts or gages to support the oppo- These independently-operated gages or nuts are seldom, if ever, properly set, and in some cases only one is adjusted and the other one neglected, thereby arresting the follower in a canted or inclined position, and causing a variation of an inch or more in candles which should be of exactly the same length and weight. Furthermore, these independently-operated nuts or bearings must be turned from the inside of with my construction the wicks-are never de- I ranged, neither are the spools removed.

I claim as my invention In combination with a candle-molding ma- GEORGE PQ VICKEN. 5 chine of the class specified, the follower G, pis- I tons D, screws E E, bevel-gears e e f f, shaft F, supporting-nuts H H, and connecting-bar 'I, said screws being arranged to play freely in said follower, as and forthe purpose stated.

In testimony whereof I ZLffiX my signature in IO presence of two witnesses;

VVitn'esses:

J AMES H. VLAYMAN, LoUIs HoMAN. 

